Interesting Facts About Niagara Falls And Popular Hotels Around It

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls, this is indeed a dream place for many people in the world. Though it is the third largest waterfalls of the world by volume, it has been acclaimed as No.1 place by popularity. With its amazing and magnificent views, massive and violent drop of water it attracts lacs and lacs of people every year from different parts of the world.

 Most of the people visiting here want to get near both American and Canadian parts by ferry boat. It'll be really a great and thrilling experience for those who want to get near these falls by ferry boats. The people getting near all these three parts will be provided with rain coats to avoid getting drenched by the maid of mist.


The Great Niagara Falls is located exactly on the path of river Niagara which flows between Canada and USA. The falls is lying  on the border of two countries and 17 miles away from Buffalo, New york and 75 miles away from Toronto of Canada. Naturally this is composed of three parts namely Canadian Horse Shoe Falls (since it looks like a horse shoe from air}, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. The most part of Niagara river is flowing through Canadian part of falls because it is slightly lower than American part of falls. The height of American falls is 176 foot and of Canadian part is 167 foot.  Canadian part has a good brink length of  2600 ft , but, American part has only 1075 ft as brink length. The third one called  Bridal Veil Falls lies between these two great parts of Niagara Falls.

The Source of Niagara Falls

The source of Niagara Falls is Lake Erie from where Niagara river originates. The lake Erie has a vast water surface area of about 26000 Km. During winter season, there will be a huge amount of snow falls along the total surface area of the lake. It will melt in summer and flow as massive Niagara river. Besides this, Detroit flowing into the lake Erie can be also  another source of Niagara Falls.

The Popular Hotels Around Niagara Falls

Since It is a paradise for the nature lovers, people visiting here would like to stay at nearby hotels for at least two or three days. Especially the honeymoon couples coming here need neat hotels to stay and enjoy Niagara Falls, There are many popular hotels nearby Niagara Falls so that people can enjoy the view of Niagara Falls from the comfort of their staying in rooms. If anyone like to enjoy the beauty of Niagara Falls, one day will be certainly not enough. So, the visitors want to stay at nearby hotels for two or three days so that they can get ever memorable nice experience.

 There are  many tens of luxurious hotels located nearby both Canadian and American parst of Niagara Falls. Some of them attract the visitors since they are located only at walkable distance from  Niagara Falls. Some hotels are centrally located and others are at areas like Clifton Hill, Lundy's Lane and St. Catharines.

Some popular Canadian Hotels are Embassy Suites, Fallsview Hotel, Marriott Hotel, Fallsview Hotel, Sheraton On The Falls Hotel, Sheraton Fallsview Hotel, Radisson Hotel, The Oakes Hotel and so on.

Some important American Niagara Hotels include Holiday Inn Hotel, Hampton Inn, Quality Hotel, Howard Johnson.